1st Parliament of South Australia

1857–1860 meeting of the South Australian Parliament July 2025 July 2025 First Parliament of South Australia File:Old Parliament House Adelaide 1872.jpg Old Parliament House (1872) Parliament of South Australia Old Parliament House 9 March 1857 1857 04 22 y 1860 03 01 y 2nd Legislative Council 18 President James Hurtle Fisher House of Assembly 36 Speaker George Strickland Kingston 22 April 1857 27 January 1858 27 August 1858 24 December 1858 29 April 1859 1 September 1859 The 1st Parliament of South Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the South Australian state government, composed of the South Australian Legislative Council and the South Australian House of Assembly. Leadership Legislative Council President of the Legislative Council: James Hurtle Fisher Clerk of the Legislative Council: Francis Corbet Singleton Clerk's assistant and Sergeant-at-arms: Joseph George Atkinson Branthwaite House of Assembly Speaker of the House of Assembly: George Strickland Kingston Clerk of the House of Assembly: George William de la Poer Beresford Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: James Newnham Blackmore Membership Legislative Council Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861 All 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 9 March 1857. Independent politicians in Australia George Fife Angas Independent politicians in Australia Henry Ayers Independent politicians in Australia Charles Hervey Bagot Independent politicians in Australia John Baker Independent politicians in Australia Samuel Davenport Independent politicians in Australia Charles Davies Independent politicians in Australia Charles George Everard Independent politicians in Australia James Hurtle Fisher Independent politicians in Australia Arthur Henry Freeling Independent politicians in Australia Anthony Forster Independent politicians in Australia Edward Castres Gwynne Independent politicians in Australia George Hall Independent politicians in Australia John Morphett Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran Independent politicians in Australia Abraham Scott Independent politicians in Australia William Scott Independent politicians in Australia Edward Stirling Independent politicians in Australia William Younghusband 200 Sir James 1836.jpg 300 200 266 10 10 Legislative Council PresidentJames Hurtle Fisher right House of Assembly Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1857–1860 All 36 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 9 March 1857. City of Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia Francis Stacker Dutton Independent politicians in Australia Boyle Travers Finniss Independent politicians in Australia Richard Davies Hanson Independent politicians in Australia John Bentham Neales Independent politicians in Australia William Owen Independent politicians in Australia Judah Moss Solomon Barossa Independent politicians in Australia William Bakewell Independent politicians in Australia Walter Duffield The Burra and Clare Independent politicians in Australia George Strickland Kingston Independent politicians in Australia Edward McEllister Independent politicians in Australia Edward John Peake East Torrens Independent politicians in Australia John Henry Barrow Independent politicians in Australia Lavington Glyde Encounter Bay Independent politicians in Australia Arthur Fydell Lindsay Independent politicians in Australia Henry Bull Templer Strangways Flinders Independent politicians in Australia Marshall MacDermott Gumeracha Independent politicians in Australia Arthur Blyth Independent politicians in Australia Alexander Hay Light Independent politicians in Australia John Tuthill Bagot Independent politicians in Australia David Shannon Mount Barker Independent politicians in Australia John Dunn, sen. Independent politicians in Australia William Rogers The Murray Independent politicians in Australia David Wark Noarlunga Independent politicians in Australia Henry Mildred Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Young Onkaparinga Independent politicians in Australia William Milne Independent politicians in Australia William Townsend Port Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia Edward Gascoigne Collinson Independent politicians in Australia John Hart The Sturt Independent politicians in Australia John Hallett Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Reynolds Victoria Independent politicians in Australia George Charles Hawker West Torrens Independent politicians in Australia James William Cole Independent politicians in Australia Luther Scammell Yatala Independent politicians in Australia Richard Bullock Andrews Independent politicians in Australia John Harvey 200 George Strickland Kingston.jpeg 300 200 266 10 0 House of Assembly SpeakerGeorge Strickland Kingston right Changes in membership Legislative Council Before Change AfterMemberTypeDateDateMemberArthur Henry FreelingResigned30 August 1859VacantEdward Castres GwynneFailure to attend30 August 1859Vacant House of Assembly SeatBefore Change AfterMemberTypeDateDateMemberBarossaHorace DeanUnseated7 May 185713 June 1857William BakewellYatalaCharles Simeon HareResigned12 May 18575 June 1857Richard Bullock AndrewsEast TorrensGeorge Marsden WaterhouseResigned8 September 18576 October 1857Lavington GlydeOnkaparingaWilliam Bower DawesResigned24 November 185723 December 1857William TownsendVictoriaRobert Rowland LeakeResigned8 December 18575 January 1858George Charles HawkerEncounter BayBenjamin Herschel BabbageResigned17 December 185715 January 1858Henry Bull Templer StrangwaysLightCarrington SmedleyResigned23 December 18578 February 1858William Henry MaturinEast TorrensCharles BonneyResigned26 January 18586 April 1858John Henry BarrowMount BarkerFriedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf KrichauffResigned12 March 185816 September 1858William RogersCity of AdelaideRobert Richard TorrensAccepted office of profit1 July 185816 September 1858Judah Moss SolomonLightWilliam Henry MaturinAccepted office of profit1 July 18589 September 1858David ShannonThe Burra and ClareMorris Lyon MarksResigned2 August 18589 September 1858Edward McEllisterPort AdelaideJohn Bristow HughesResigned24 September 185811 October 1858Edward Gascoigne CollinsonCity of AdelaideWilliam Henville BurfordResigned29 April 185913 May 1859William OwenPort AdelaideJohn Hart, sen.Absent without leave23 August 1859VacantFlindersMarshall MacDermottAccepted office of profit1 September 1859VacantThe Burra and ClareEdward John PeakeAccepted office of profit1 October 1859Vacant See also Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1857–1860 References http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007 24 April 2007 Parliament of South Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20110312023915/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf 12 March 2011 dead External links Hansard documents Category:Parliament of South Australia